Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf.

 
  • Family (Christenhusz et al, 2011) : POLYPODIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Polypodiaceae
  • Species : Pleopeltis macrocarpa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pleopeltis macrocarpa (Bory ex Willd.) Kaulf.
  • Collection Nos : FMJ & CJS 17055
  • Collector(s) Name : F. M. Jarrett & C. J. Saldanha
  • Key identification features : Rhizome long creeping, upto 3 mm thick, densely covered by appressed and lanceolate scales. Fronds simple, monomorphic; stipes scattered, dark brown, more or less scaly above; lamina linear-elliptic, margin entire; midrib slightly raised and rounded above and below, veins indistinct above and below; fronds pale green; texture subcoriaceous, pale brown appressed scales densely covering both surfaces of young fronds. Sori superficial, median between midrib and margin of the frond distributed towards distal half of the lamina, hemispherical; spores monolete, ellipsoid or planoconvex, pale brown.
  • Habit : Herb-Epiphytic
  • Native : Brazil; Zimbabwe; Columbia; Bolivia
  • Conservation Status : Near Threatened (NT) (Jenkins, 2008)
  • Collection Locality : Palni Hills
  • Distribution Locality : Hassan
  • Floras referred : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Rajagopal & Bhat, Pteridophytic flora of Karnataka State- 1998; Manickam V.S & Irudayaraj V. (1992)- Pteridophyte flora of W.Ghats, South India

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  • Anant Patil 2019-01-19 05:07:50

    please check for Selaginella panchghaniana
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